About this season
"The Perfect Murder" brings viewers some of the most diabolical, perplexing murder cases to land on detectives’ desks – the kind of cases that make or break careers and provide fodder for Hollywood mystery movies. These ingenious killers are every detective’s worst nightmare. Whether by planting false evidence, or writing anonymous letters to police, these murderers will stop at nothing to stay one step ahead and get away with the perfect murder. Detectives hit dead end after dead end, and wrong suspects are discarded. But one new clue can lead to another and the cold case suddenly gets hot. The truth is that it is the perfect murder -- until it's not.
Episodes (10)
1. A Shot in the Dark
Aired 14 June 2017 • 44 min
New York City fashion photographer Joel Schoenfeld is shot dead in his Greenwich Village studio one cold January morning. Joel appears to have it all, but detectives will eventually uncover a dark secret and a twisted tale of revenge...
2. Fade to Black
Aired 21 June 2017 • 44 min
Film director Adrienne Shelly is discovered hanging by a bed sheet from the shower rod in her bathroom. It looks like a suicide, but her husband insists it was murder. And detectives are starting to believe him...
3. Garden of Evil
Aired 28 June 2017 • 44 min
Daniel Ott is just one day from moving with his girlfriend when an intruder shoots him dead with a shotgun. A stunning coincidence will lead the investigation into the heart of one of the most dangerous criminal rings in the country.
4. Ride with the Devil
Aired 5 July 2017 • 44 min
26-year-old car dealer Christopher O'Brien takes a strange man for a test drive and never returns. Did O'Brien's criminal past finally catch up with him? Or is the truth something more sinister?
5. Body in the Glades
Aired 12 July 2017 • 44 min
42-year-old Miami mother Raquel Calderin vanishes without a trace on her way home from work in 2012. The investigation will lead detectives deep into a disturbing family picture, and the truth will haunt them for years to come.
6. The Devil Made Me Do It
Aired 19 July 2017 • 44 min
Robert Schwartz, a father of three, is murdered brutally in his own home - stabbed 32 times with an X carved into his neck. It looks like a ritualistic killing, but the investigation will uncover a killer much closer to home...
7. Murder Well Done
Aired 26 July 2017 • 44 min
When 39-year-old Dawn Viens goes missing in 2009, her husband assumes she ran away to escape her problems. But the investigation will lead detectives to a most unexpected killer. They've heard of disposing of a body, but never like this...
8. Death in the Family
Aired 2 August 2017 • 44 min
Randy Scheffield's family finds him dead in his bed, and their first thought is a heart attack. But detectives will slowly uncover a murder conspiracy that will rock this small town for years to come...
9. Love and Death
Aired 9 August 2017 • 44 min
Atlanta pre-school teacher Julie Love goes missing just a week after getting engaged to her boyfriend Mark. Detectives uncover numerous suspects, but the evil truth is worse than they ever could have imagined...
10. Football Fatale
Aired 16 August 2017 • 44 min
Star Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is shot dead by an intruder in his Miami home. And when it comes to the rich and famous, it seems like everybody has a motive...